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Teleostei (teleosts) > Tetraodontiformes (Puffers and filefishes) > Ostraciidae (Boxfishes)
Etymology: Lactoria:Latin, concerned with milk (Ref. 45335). Eponymy: Cavaliere Carlo Antonio Fornasini (1805–1865) was a collector who operated in the area around Inhambane, Mozambique (1839). [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Marine; reef-associated; depth range 5 - 132 m (Ref. 89467), usually 6 - 30 m (Ref. 9710). Tropical; 32°N - 32°S
Indo-West Pacific: East Africa to the Hawaiian and Rapa Islands, north to southern Japan, south to Lord Howe Island. Southeast Atlantic: sometimes reaching the southeast coast of South Africa (Ref. 3141).
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm? range ? - ? cm Max length : 23.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3141)
Inhabit clear outer lagoon and seaward reefs (Ref. 1602). Benthopelagic over rubble and sand at 5-132 m (Ref. 58302). Solitary (Ref. 90102). Males are highly territorial (Ref. 9710). Poisonous in some parts of the tropics (Ref. 7364).
Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
